Portion vs. Fragment — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Portion and Fragment
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Definitions
Portion
A part of a whole
He could repeat large portions of Shakespeare
A portion of the jetty still stands
Fragment
A small part broken off or separated from something
Small fragments of pottery
Portion
A person's destiny or lot
What will be my portion?
Fragment
Break or cause to break into fragments
Management has tighter control through fragmenting the tasks
Lough Erne fragmented into a series of lakes
Portion
Divide (something) into parts and share out
For centuries meadowland with common hay rights was portioned out
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Fragment
A small part broken off or detached.
Portion
A section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole.
Fragment
An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit
Overheard fragments of their conversation.
Extant fragments of an old manuscript.
Portion
A part separated from a whole.
Fragment
(Grammar) A sentence fragment.
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Portion
A helping of food.
Fragment
To break or separate (something) into fragments.
Portion
The part of an estate received by an heir.
Fragment
To become broken into fragments
After the election, the coalition fragmented.
Portion
A woman's dowry
Marriage portion.
Fragment
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
A fragment of an ancient writing
I heard a small fragment of the conversation.
Portion
A person's lot or fate.
Fragment
(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate.
Portion
To divide into parts or shares for distribution; parcel.
Fragment
(computing) An incomplete portion of code.
Portion
To provide with a share, inheritance, or dowry.
Fragment
(internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the
# sign.Anchor link
The URL
www.example.com/home#recent ends with a fragment.Portion
An allocated amount.
Fragment
(intransitive) To break apart.
Portion
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
Fragment
(transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
Portion
One's fate; lot.
Fragment
To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
Portion
The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
Fragment
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
Gather up the fragments that remain.
Portion
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
Fragment
A piece broken off or cut off of something else;
A fragment of rock
Portion
(transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
Fragment
A broken piece of a brittle artifact
Portion
(transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
Fragment
An incomplete piece;
Fragments of a play
Portion
That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
Fragment
Break or cause to break into pieces;
The plate fragmented
Portion
A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
These are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him!
Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.
Portion
A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
The lord of that servant . . . will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Man's portion is to die and rise again.
Portion
The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.
Give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
Portion
A wife's fortune; a dowry.
Portion
To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
And portion to his tribes the wide domain.
Portion
To endow with a portion or inheritance.
Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.
Portion
Something determined in relation to something that includes it;
He wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
I read a portion of the manuscript
The smaller component is hard to reach
Portion
Something less than the whole of a human artifact;
The rear part of the house
Glue the two parts together
Portion
The result of parcelling out or sharing;
Death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans
Portion
Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group;
He wanted his share in cash
Portion
Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);
Whatever my fortune may be
Deserved a better fate
Has a happy lot
The luck of the Irish
A victim of circumstances
Success that was her portion
Portion
An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal;
The helpings were all small
His portion was larger than hers
There's enough for two servings each
Portion
Give out or allot;
We were assigned new uniforms
